However, by the end of the episode, a version of Ben is alive and well once again in the “present” of 2019. According to the comics, Hargreeves was going to acquire nuclear weapons from Kennedy, causing the apocalypse, which is the reason the Temps Aeternalis wanted JFK dead.

Sir Reginald Hargreeves adopts seven and trains them to fight crime.Based on the Dark Horse Comic by My Chemical Romance front-man Gerard Way, follows Luther (Tom Hopper), Diego (David Castenada), Klaus (Robert Sheehan), Alison (Emmy Raver-Lampman), Five (Aidan Gallagher), and Vanya (Ellen Page) after their crime fighting days as they try to heal from their troubled past.season 2 dropped, filling us with easter eggs and theories for what to expect later this month.

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for The Umbrella Academy Season 2.]. ). follows seven superhuman siblings who were born out of nowhere on October 1st, 1989. In season 2, we’re guessing he’s dead, but becomes alive due to time shenanigans.season 2 trailer that has a fish tank for a head with a tiny goldfish inside.

“I think he’s risk-averse as well, so he’d probably want to watch out for his family members and try to prevent anything crazy or dangerous happening.” We saw a bit of that happening, even with Ben as a ghost, as Klaus’ powers grew throughout Season 1.

Ben, Number Six (Justin H. Min), dies before the events of season 1 and only Klaus can speak to him since Klaus’ superpower is talking to the dead. That future led to the new, very emo Ben we see at the close of the finale. We even see the monsters under Ben’s skin emerge to take out the agents from the Commission at the end of Season 1, but his abilities — and how he viewed them — has always been very different from his siblings. Here's what you need to know. Then the Hargreeves kids find out their formerly late dad, All of a sudden, the finale’s neatly contained ending is a complicated mess.

Here’s what we know so far and what we think will happen.Season one left the seven trying to save the world from doom, leaving the series on a cliffhanger as Five jumps everyone back in time just before the moon crashes into earth. Klaus asks Vanya if Ben said anything to her before he left.
'Umbrella Academy' showrunner Steve Blackman tells Inverse what the shocking Season 2 ending means for Ben Hargreeves (Justin Min) in Season 3 and beyond. Ben is also seemingly the leader/No.1 of the Sparrow Academy, the child superhero group Reginald put together to avoid creating the adults he met in 1963. Full spoilers for The Umbrella Academy Season 2 follow. These appear to be new hired guns for Temps Aeternalis since Hazel and ChaCha (Mary J. Blige) change sides.season 2 trailer shows the siblings sitting down with their adoptive father and explaining their powers to him. ‘The Umbrella Academy’ season 2 trailer: All the fan theoriesCan July 31st come soon enough? “The family can end up anywhere in the world, anywhere in time, so I’m so glad that’s how it ended, because it provides us with a square one almost … in terms of where the characters would end up.”He does, however, speculate as to what may have happened if “I think he would’ve done whatever he could to help Vanya in that situation, as she’s going through all of that, and provide objective sound advice when need be,” he says. A lot. I think he could have gotten better, definitely, but I don’t know if he could have fully ever tamed the beast.” The death happens before Season 1 and has yet to be explained in the show or the comics.

Compare Ben's reaction to his siblings' after they stopped bank robbers in 'The Umbrella Academy' Season 1, Episode 1. “Though they bicker and fight and sass each other to no end, there is love underneath all that.”Since the comic books don’t say much beyond Ben being a sibling who died, Min was able to work with showrunner Steve Blackman and comic creator Gerard Way to develop their own take on the character. Their adopted father, Reginald, is alive, and he's got a new superhero team called the Sparrow Academy, featuring Ben along with several other shadowy figures and floating green cube.If you're wondering what the Sparrow Academy even is, we've got a In short, Blackman and his team are taking a concept from the comics and tweaking it in an interesting way. The siblings end up reconvening later in season 2 as trailer shows. Umbrella Academy Season 2: Ending Explained ... Ben never died. Technically, Ben has “died” twice. Compare Ben's reaction to his siblings' after they stopped bank robbers in 'The Umbrella Academy' Season 1, Episode 1. A new head? The Umbrella Academy may have stopped the Cold War apocalypse, but they also irrevocably created a new future. The Hargreeves siblings have done it again. But The Umbrella Academy Season 2 posters indicate those who theorize otherwise could be correct. In season 2 trailer, Ben is shown exiting a car in the flesh. Since season 2 is set in the 60s, we can expect more vintage selections from that era. During this chapter, Diego, Ben is the only one who can approach Vanya since he has no physical presence.